{"id":98547,"date":"2025-04-20T18:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-04-20T22:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/?p=98547"},"modified":"2025-04-20T18:09:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-20T22:09:51","slug":"the-winner-of-mtvs-rupauls-drag-race-crowned-during-showstopping-season-17-finale-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mortystv.com\/blog\/2025\/04\/20\/the-winner-of-mtvs-rupauls-drag-race-crowned-during-showstopping-season-17-finale-video\/","title":{"rendered":"The Winner of MTV&#8217;s &#8220;RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race&#8221; Crowned During Showstopping Season 17 Finale [VIDEO]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Winner of MTV&#8217;s &#8220;<em><strong>RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/strong><\/em>&#8221; Crowned During Showstopping Season 17 Finale, where RuPaul Presented EGOT Icon Liza Minnelli with &#8220;Giving Us Lifetime Achievement&#8221; Award<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race All Stars<\/strong><\/em> to Premiere on Friday, May 9, Exclusively on Paramount+ <a rel=\"sponsored\" href=\"https:\/\/paramountplus.qflm.net\/c\/130535\/1007330\/3065\">Paramount+. 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Olay Body also awarded the remaining queens $2,000 each to celebrate a sickening season.<\/p>\n<p>RuPaul presented EGOT winner Liza Minnelli with the &#8220;Giving Us Lifetime Achievement Award,&#8221; which recognizes individuals for their dazzling contributions to entertainment. The excited audience got to &#8220;ring them bells&#8221; for Liza as she was given her award, including her brother Joey Luft who was in the audience. Minnelli is the third icon to receive this Award during the<em> &#8220;Drag Race&#8221;<\/em> finale, with past recipients including Bob Mackie and Cassandra Peterson, better known as Elvira.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Time and time again, Onya Nurve delivered that &#8216;something extra&#8217; that made her our undisputed champion,&#8221; said eight-time Emmy\u00ae Award-winning Host and Executive Producer, RuPaul. &#8220;Condragulations to all the queens, and especially our finalists, for serving one of the most competitive seasons in <em>Drag Race<\/em> herstory!&#8221;<\/p><div id=\"morty-2163151542\" class=\"morty-content_2\" style=\"margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;text-align: center;\"><script async src=\"\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-4937602850188786\" crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script><ins class=\"adsbygoogle\" style=\"display:block; text-align:center;\" data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-4937602850188786\" \ndata-ad-slot=\"5227734695\" \ndata-ad-layout=\"in-article\"\ndata-ad-format=\"fluid\" data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\n<script> \n(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); \n<\/script>\n<\/div>\n<p>Highlights from the <em>RuPaul&#8217;s Drag Race<\/em> season 17 finale include:<\/p>\n<p>RuPaul gave a wig-snatching performance of the song &#8220;Good Luck and Don&#8217;t F%k It Up.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Season 16 winner Nymphia Wind made an appearance as the iconic &#8220;Dr. Jane Not-Good-At-All&#8221; and passed down the crown and scepter to the winning queen.<\/p>\n<p>Season 17 of Drag Race featured 14 queens vying for the title of<em> &#8220;America&#8217;s Next Drag Superstar&#8221;<\/em>, including Acacia Forgot (Los Angeles, CA), Arrietty (Seattle, WA), Crystal Envy (Asbury Park, NJ), Hormona Lisa (Chattanooga, TN), Jewels Sparkles (Tampa, FL), Joella (Los Angeles, CA), Kori King (Boston, MA), Lana Ja&#8217;Rae (New York, NY), Lexi Love (Louisville, KY), Lucky Starzzz (Miami, FL), Lydia B Kollins (Pittsburgh, PA), Onya Nurve (Cleveland, OH), Sam Star (Leeds, AL), and Suzie Toot (Fort Lauderdale, FL) &#8211; who earned the title of &#8220;Queen of She Done Already Done Had Herses&#8221; in the show stopping &#8220;Lip Sync Lalaparuza Smackdown.&#8221; Celebrity guest judges on the season included Katy Perry, Doechii, Sandra Bernhard, Julia Schlaepfer, Paul W. 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